My trusty 140 type 1 paired with my new 295ib! What a great pair!🩶

IHSH-389-IND 12oz dobby cloth CPO! Haven’t taken this off since I got it!
I don’t seem to be able to get a great picture.. but I really wanna thank @Cskarev for selling me this shirt and making this dream come true for me! Been a dream shirt of mine since it was released but I missed out. And now I finally own one and it fits me perfect!

So never say never🥰 thanks a ton!🫶

Just blown away by this! Y2 Leather Scar Kakishibu chore shirt from The Shop Vancouver!🤎

Picked up my 295ib today! What a gem of a shirt!
Well worth the wait!

Not the IH collab, but it’s the Ship John Derroll boot. It’s great, my favorite boot for sure!

Wanted to share a little story about my Scar Kakishibu🤎

”Iv had a hard time posting this, I don’t know how to write and give this one justice, and my road for me to been able to obtain this. It’s a bit of a story.

It all began a few years ago when I found out about engineers boots and particularly Wesco boots. I like to learn, search and pretty much educate myself about stuff I’m interested in. So I look online, at pictures, reviews, videos, and asking people on instagram the dumbest question there is just because I love to learn. So hours of internet browsing I found myself looking at videos on YouTube. I quickly both found out about and realized TJ at the shop Vancouver was/is one big gem in this world. His dedication, professionalism and genuine personality showcasing the stuff he was personally invested is blew me away. I love creative people and passion in general. With a background in snowboard and developing, forming, and evolving into a motorcycle inspired heritage workwear business. I was hooked. TJ is the man! His knowledge, personality, and lovely character made me love him too! I knew I wanted to support him someway and someday own a piece I could love for years! Through TJ I then learned about Y2 Leather and their stuff. I quickly fell for them as a company, quality and the stuff they made! It was an art form! Quality, function, esthetically beautiful pieces of wearable art! And the dream was born! I needed one myself!

I early fell for the Kakishibu leather, I just loved the color of it. But my style has always been drawn to the slightly more workwear/chore coat inspired jackets. So in the back of my mind, I even in the beginning said to myself, that leather would been amazing in a workwear styled jacket. A few years passed, and one morning skrolling on my phone, my heart stopped.
TJ had teased about an upcoming collaboration piece with Y2 leather called the “chore shirt” in a rough out camel colorway. A jacket build on Y2 leather work shirt, but dressed with a chore jacket layout.

It was the right layout, but in the wrong leather. I never stopped dreaming and thought if only the KB-140-T and the chore
Shirt could make a love child, it would be my absolute dream jacket. A chore shirt in a Kakishibu leather. Imagine the pure amazingness!
More time passed, and same as before, one morning waking up and scrolling on my phone. I had to sit up, I probably held my breath for a minute. Before bursting into excitement! There it was, I couldn’t believe my eyes! It was a chore shirt in a Kakishibu color. Also now lined with an added interior pocket. It was too good to be true! It just had to be mine!

I had saved money for over 2 years, manifested the dream for real one year, and waited 7 months for my dream to be made into reality!
On the first released I missed out and was devastated. But on the 19 October 2024 I managed to buy a preorder slot for 2025 release. Out of just 10 preorders and 15 total jackets made. I remember holding my breath and waiting for the phone to buffer through the payment. Felt like the world stood still. And in a few seconds that felt like an eternity the payment went through! I could not believe it, I was awake alone in the middle of the night just for the occasion. I remember I couldn’t sleep that night because I was so happy. Filled with emotions and excitement I had finally managed to create this opportunity and make it into a reality! 7 months later, I opened the package and there it was, my dream! The Scar Kakishibu chore shirt in all its glory and it was mine!

This is a jacket that means so much more to me than “just” being a jacket. It’s a dream, an accomplishment, a for ever piece maybe one of my kids get to inherit when they grow old enough. It’s a jacket I will wear with love and pride more than anyone could probably ever understand. It’s pricy yes, but worth every penny? oh hell yes! This is my dream! This is my jacket! And I’m damn proud of it! It’s a few pictures showing how it looks after some weeks of wear and sunbathing in the hot Swedish summer heat. Last pictures is to showcase how light the color was straight out of the box.
This became a smaller novel, but I feel like a text can’t give it justice for the meaning and how it actually feels in hand. Thanks TJ for being an absolute gem of a person! And thanks to Y2 leather for creating some of the most impressive pieces iv ever had the honor to experience.

This will be loved for a long time, and I will wear it with pride!🤎”

My brown Wesco Mr Lou CXL🤎

Small update of my Holcomb 22.5oz jeans in size 33. Hemmed to 34” legs and I wear them every single day since I got them

Glad it’s finally leather weather🤎

My brown pair of Mr Lou’s🤎

@catdad1 they sold out in less then 10 seconds. And specific sizes XL wasn’t sold out

Preorder is not limited to a specific size, like a normal release when all garment is premade before release.
This particular release was a pre order, and the shirts will be done around November.
So if all sold preorders slots would have been size Large, they would only make larges.

So all 150 preorder slots, was sold out is less then 10 seconds. Like most Ship John releases these days‍️

Glad it’s finally leather weather🤎

@BalticBob that’s great man! Glad a fellow bmxer is in this great community!

@BalticBob great jacket! And cool surprise with some BMX action in the background!🫶

@nrtphotos thanks man!🫶

Here in Sweden it quickly changed, it’s between 11-15 degrees Celsius = 51-59 degrees Fahrenheit and rain🫣

Some update on the Scar
This is truly a great piece🤎

@Gavin666 don’t think they are easily comparable like that.

My 295ib have slightly soften up over the wear iv gotten in, but it’s slightly softer to what it was brand new. But not as soft as a lighter completely different fabric…‍️

There is probably no easy answer here. But the more you wear, soak, wash eventually the fabric will soften up to what the fabric has potential to be. No fabric is identical to any other. And same fabrics used by different people, will differ in feel and looks a lot too in my experience.

Dont overthink it, just wear the crap out of it

@Daniel-San

you are so right, my bad Daniel

Don’t know how I could have seen that so
Wrong. It’s more expensive indeed.

On German Stuf-f it’s €1.889,70 for the innovator and €2.835,09 for the fn-lj-hw004

So it’s €945,39 more expensive, so I was off with more then €400🫣

Both very beautiful either way

@Kasi
I’m super curious what makes the shinki better?

Feeling? Looks? Quality? I’m genuinely curious, I don’t know about the difference

The Flat head shinki HH double rider is about €527 more expensive then the innovator in EU.
And they have slightly different design differences too.
But both very beautiful jackets for sure.

We have a saying in Sweden:

“Smaken är som baken, delad”

Direct translation would be something like:

“The taste is like the butt cheeks, divided”

And not taste as tastes with your mouth hehe more your taste in things.
Like everyone like different things and are entitled to their opinion. A more common phrase used in English with similar meaning would probably be:

” Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”

Both killer jacket, great looks and quality leather.
Iv never had any experience with shinki, but Iv seen it’s mostly used on the highest quality products and is very appreciated. So of course it gets me curious

@Daniel-San these little updates just excite the heck out of me!🫣 truly feels like the innovator is my next dream jacket in line